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Settling In and Venturing Out
Since I last wrote, I’ve settled into Oxford fairly well. After the first week of orienting, exploring, and adjusting to the time change, this past week has been comparably quiet. That’s not to say,...
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Port Meadow and Environs
Yesterday, Bekah took me to Port Meadow, a 300-acre area northwest of the Oxford city center. The excursion was part break from study, part celebration of my upcoming birthday. Either way, it was an...
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“Dieu et Mon Droit”: Palace of a King
If I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately, it’s because I’ve been occupied with finishing the first academic experience of the semester. Because Oxford operates on a system of eight week trimesters...
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School and Other Things
The first month of CMRS has seen us occupied with writing a 6,000 word research paper on a topic of our choice. And until the evening of October 9th, that paper has occupied about half of my working...
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Demijohn: The Liquid Deli
This is a continuation of the previous post, School and Other Things. The nature of this post, in conjunction with Bethel’s recent action to expel a student without prior warning or infraction for...
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Autumn comes to Oxford
After finishing the integral course on October 9th, our program had a brief pause before heading into Michaelmas term. Each of the three Oxford terms (Michaelmas in the fall, Trinity in the winter, and...
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Swans and Cows: University Parks Redux
Bekah and I spent the 10th of October walking the Magdalen College grounds and the University Parks. On Saturday the 11th, we returned to the University Parks for a day of reading and relaxation, and...
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Turner and Mnozil in London
On Friday and Saturday (October 10 and 11) Bekah and I walked Oxford, principally at Magdalen College and the University Parks. On Sunday, we traveled to London to catch one of Mnozil Brass’ UK tour...
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Oxford Happenings
Over the past month, summer has bled into what I would describe as late fall. I say ‘what I would describe as’ because an English man I spoke to last week remarked conversationally that we’d been...
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On the Row: London Part II
As we turn the weekend into our last week of CMRS it’s increasingly clear to me that I’ll barely have this blog caught up through October before I’m back in Minnesota celebrating Christmas. Because...
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